Agreed. It's impossible honestly. Our offense would have to fall off tremendously for the defense to outshine them. As long as we keep scoring, other teams are playing catch up. We could barely stop 3 or 4 big plays a game last year. As good as our defense may get, we can't stop all the big plays. So because of that alone, I think we will be a middle of the pack D. But with our offense, that's all we would need to be...
...actually, after proof reading my paragraph above...there is a chance for our D to out shine the offense. Given, it will be a tough task but I no longer think it's impossible. If all the teams are playing catch up, then our defense will get more chances at creating turnovers. If the players on our roster fits into Rob Ryan's scheme, then our defense could become a takeaway and again be described as 'opportunistic.' Remember how Sharper had like 3 interceptions in his first two games as a Saint? With one being returned 97 yards for a TD? Remember the score of those games? 45-27 vs lions. 48-22 vs eagles. If our Rob Ryan can get our players into position to make plays and they make em...then there is a possibility of our defense outshining our offense. THAT would be a beautiful thing to witness!